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Kerry McCarthy vs Blake Stephenson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 356 different votes 360 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
34 Aye 50 No
27 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
34 Aye 50 No
27 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Contributions
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API